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**wentscat** · 04-16-2010, 10:19 AM

Purely for back ground information this is a map of Germany at the start of WW1.

Austria-Hungary was an empire to the Southeast of Germany but which was dominated by ethnic Germans. In the 19th century German nationalists wanted it to become part of German but the Austrians, although ethnic Germans, had a large multicultural empire of their own and didn't want to give up their Empire. Briefly, (1917-1918) Austria-Hungary and Germany agreed to merge when their ruling monarchs died but WW1 ended before that happened so the merger never happened while the allies were keen on making sure the German states didn't become consolidated in central Europe. Do you think that would have been justified? Do you think that would have been justified if the non-ethnic German parts were allowed independence?

04-16-2010, 10:19 AM	#2
wentscat Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 471 Senior Member	Purely for back ground information this is a map of Germany at the start of WW1. Austria-Hungary was an empire to the Southeast of Germany but which was dominated by ethnic Germans. In the 19th century German nationalists wanted it to become part of German but the Austrians, although ethnic Germans, had a large multicultural empire of their own and didn't want to give up their Empire. Briefly, (1917-1918) Austria-Hungary and Germany agreed to merge when their ruling monarchs died but WW1 ended before that happened so the merger never happened while the allies were keen on making sure the German states didn't become consolidated in central Europe. Do you think that would have been justified? Do you think that would have been justified if the non-ethnic German parts were allowed independence?
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